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Mr Prime Minister & Mr Finance Minister: I Want Sanitary Napkins More Than I Need Sindoor & Bangles

Hey guys! It's a GREAT time to be a woman. People are FINALLY waking up to the fact that we have rights! Equality! Agency! Liberty! Shattering ceilings! However, the Indian go...

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Children Explore The World Of Radio Broadcasting

In a world dominated with videos, where the younger generation hardly knows the legacy of radio, the members of Nagpur for Kids (NFK) Club got a sneak peek into the functionin...

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The Making Of Beatles 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds'

Fifty years ago, The Beatles released “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” a song that would go on to become one of their most famous in music history. On Thursday, NP...

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The Conflict Within: Parsis And Gender Rights

India’s vulture crisis, which started in the 1980s, caused the Parsi Zoroastrian community to reconsider one of its practices. Traditionally, the community does not bury...

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Seventieth World Health Assembly Opens In Geneva

In her final opening address to the World Health Assembly as Director-General, Dr Margaret Chan offered some advice to delegates "as you continue to shape the future of this O...

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The Case Of Triple Talaq

“Can what is sinful in the eyes of God be lawful? If God considers it a sin, it can’t be legal. Can it be?” Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar’s questi...

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Kerala Just Installed Sanitary Napkin vending Machines In Every High School

A study published in the International Research Journal of Social Sciences suggests that 88% of menstruating women in India cannot afford sanitary napkins in India, with taxes...

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Environmentalism Used To Be About Defending The Wild, Not Anymore

We’re domesticating areas instead of protecting them. Living without technology I’ve found my place in the natural world – and this path could be our salvati...

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Eight Kashish Film Festival Strives To Open Minds To Diversity

The eighth edition of Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival aims to explore the diversity of LGBTQI communities. The annual Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film ...

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Chris Cornell & The Grunge Gods Gone To Soon

Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell died unexpectedly at age 52. Here, The Daily Beast remembers him and other grunge-rock icons. Chris Cornell is undisputedly o...

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PRITAM AND PEDRO REVIEW VERDICT

A convention-bound cyber thriller that never quite acquires the unmistakable Hirani magi...

July 5 2026

THE JOY OF UNEXPECTED DISCOVERIES

At MIFF 2026 last month, Vinta Nanda discovered three extraordinary student films from W...

July 4 2026

VIJAYA MEHTA: THE LEGENDARY BAI LEFT US

Prof. Dr. Avinash Kolhe pays tribute to legendary theatre visionary Vijaya Mehta, whose ...

July 3 2026